Mitchell Parton

New owner reveals plan to revive Big Lots with less furniture, more apparel Big Lots' new owners plan to scale back the furniture selection and lean into low-priced, name-brand apparel.

👕 EXCLUSIVE: Big Lots is swapping the furniture for apparel and going back to its “treasure hunt” roots.
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With Nintendo Switch 2 preorders delayed, tariffs are complicating gaming's biggest launch in years The Nintendo Switch 2 is the first example of a major game console launch in the face of the latest round of significant tariffs.

Nintendo already seemingly put a “Trump tax” on the Switch 2. Will they have to raise the price even more?

PetSmart is now shipping 90% of its online orders from stores instead of distribution centers In 2023, PetSmart began shipping some of its orders from the stores themselves instead of its seven distribution centers.

Exclusive: In 2023, PetSmart began shipping some of its online orders from the stores themselves instead of its seven distribution centers. Just two years later, 90% of PetSmart’s shipped orders are now fulfilled from its 1,600-plus stores. www.modernretail.co/operations/p...

How the Trump presidency upended retailers' DEI policy playbooks Retailers that once championed DEI policies are quickly recalibrating those efforts as they aim to safeguard their business interests.

This is a really great dive into how retailers' messaging around diversity initiatives has changed in light of right wing pressure and the Trump administration: www.modernretail.co/operations/h...

Macy's ends program that offered tuition-free college degrees to employees Macy's is ending a program that provided college degree programs and other educational courses to its employees at no cost.

Macy's has abruptly ended its tuition-free college program for employees less than three years after it launched.

Shows how much the landscape has changed for retail workers over the last few years—companies no longer feel the need to offer these perks.

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